A beautiful (almost) spring day

Today was such a beautiful day!  I enjoyed it and so did Maggie.  We got to play frisbee twice in the backyard today!  Here are several pics that I took today.

Maggie was panting after our first time playing outside :)

There she is with her beloved frisbee.  She loves that thing!  She's the one who grabbed it out of the laundry room (that's normally closed) today so she could play with it.

You probably won't ever guess what these ingredients are for...Well, we had sloppy joe's for dinner, so that's it.  Yes, it's really good and so simple!

A beautiful sunset for the end to a beautiful day!

03.15.10

I've decided to try and take a picture of our flowers each day so I can see how they grow.  So here's the first picture!

Scrapbook Sunday XIV

03.14.10

So I have two things to share today.  The first is the front of a b-day card I made yesterday.

Recently, I saw cards with rounded corners and I love the idea!  I think I'll start making more of my cards with the rounded corners.  It's so easy and it just adds that extra something.

And here's a layout for this week.  Nothing too exciting, but it's another page in my Disney/Florida trip album.  I wanted to use this bright green paper, but it is really bright.  I decided to tone it down by using the grey cardstock and the vellum.

03.13.10

I was glad I received my Mary Kay stuff in the mail today!

03.12.10

This is a picture of our bread from this week.  It may seem strange that I took a picture of our bread, but L'oven Fresh changed their packaging this week!

I'm just l'oven these new colors.  The teal reminds me of the fashion show because teal is one of our colors this year!

03.11.10

I just had to capture this colorful sky (through the kitchen window) during the sunrise this morning.  Isn't God awesome?

03.10.10

It's great to see our bulbs starting to come up and bloom.  Today was absolutely gorgeous!  I believe the temps got into the 70's!

I think I might try to take a picture of the same spot in the flower bed each day.  It would be cool to see the growth from day to day.  I better start soon though!

03.09.10

Since we didn't find Chris any running shoes in the store, he decided to order them from Road Runner.  They came so fast (like 3 days)!  Chris is currently wearing Asics Nimbus'.

Road Runner is great if you know what kind of running shoes you like (and what size).  They have a deal where you can signup to be a VIP member for a few dollars but then you get free shipping and 10% off.  It's kind of a no-brainer!

03.08.10

While I was out today I noticed that they are now doing construction on Cumberland Road in W. Laf.  This is definitely a good thing if you had ever been on that road.  I don't drive on it much, but it was pretty rough when I had before.

03.06.10

Chris and I went shopping today in search of new running shoes for both of us.  We were successful in finding me both new shoes and running shorts.  (Yes, these shoes are purple :) And they are Asics Gel-Kayano's.) Chris had no luck finding shoes in the store.

03.05.10

Chris and I decided to grill for the first time tonight.  We ate dinner at our normal time (7:30) so Chris had to grill with a flashlight.  But those hamburgers and potatoes were so good and I'm glad we got to share them with a friend who came over last night.  I'm looking forward to many more meals that we cook on the grill for the next several months.

03.04.10

It was so good to see the blue sky and sunshine today.

03.03.10

I made meatloaf, green bean casserole, and rice tonight.  It was good.  We hadn't made meatloaf in a while.

I love home-cooked meals...even if I'm the one making them.

03.02.10

It's so good to not have snow at the end of the driveway like we have for a while.

03.01.10

As we welcome March in today, the geese are back at the ponds.  This is one of the first days that I've seen them back since last year.  (This is a good sign that spring is coming soon!)  It was funny listen to them walk on the ice.  It sounded a little slushy since it's getting warmer.  I was just hoping one of them didn't fall through the ice!

Scrapbook Sunday XIII

02.28.10

Another page from our trip to Florida.  These pics are at Magic Kingdom on lots of different "rides".  I like the simplicity of it (and the fact that I was able to use some of my paper scraps).

02.27.10

So I checked out a new book from the library yesterday afternoon and I find myself not being able to put it down today.  Chris is out of the house at a dodgeball tourney so the house is quiet and the dog is sleeping on the couch.

I love these days that you can just spend a few hours doing something so simple.

02.26.10

(I decided to share 2 pictures today since I didn't have one for yesterday.)
My hubby started feeling bad last night.  (He's actually been struggling a bit the last couple weeks.)  So he decided to take a sick day today.  He needed it for his physical and mental health.  His body needed a break.  It was nice to have him home too.  Maggie definitely didn't mind having him home.  She got to nap with him on the couch.

Chris kept saying that he wanted chicken noodle soup for dinner when I asked him.  So I made a quick run to the store to get a few ingredients we didn't already have.  I found a quick recipe from Rachel Ray.  I thought I would share it.  It's so easy and was really good for such few ingredients.  It was also thicker than normal chicken noodle soup which is what I really appreciated about it.  This will be a keeper at our house.  Here's a link to the recipe and I've put the ingredients below that I used.

Rachel Ray's Quick Chick and Noodle Soup

Ingredients
2 tbsp. olive oil
3 medium carrots, peeled and chopped
2 ribs celery, chopped
dried bay leaves
salt and pepper
6 cups chicken broth
2 large cans of diced chicken
1/2 pound of wide pasta noodles
Parsley
Dill
(I would've normally added the chopped onion but omitted it per request of the sick one.)